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Sean Bean recites a touching poem for A Plague Tale: Innocence

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A Plague Tale: Innocence tells a touching story of two children’s perilous journey to safety and to celebrate, Asobo Studio and Focus Home Interactive have collaborated with Hollywood legend Sean Bean to create a touching and intimate video.  This new video (below) has Sean Bean reciting the poem, ‘The Little Boy Lost’, one of William […]

Sean Bean and Jennifer Jason Leigh join sci-fi film Possessor

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According to Variety, Sean Bean (Game of Thrones), Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight) and Stacy Martin (All the Money in the World) have signed on to star alongside Andrea Riseborough (Mandy) and Christopher Abbott (Piercing) in the sci-fi thriller Possessor. The film is being directed by Brandon Cronenberg (Antiviral) and sees Riseborough playing Tasya […]

Sean Bean joins BBC’s World War II drama series World on Fire

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Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings veteran Sean Bean has joined the cast of BBC One’s upcoming World War II drama series World on Fire. The seven-episode season will see Bean alongside Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets) and Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) with Peter Bowker (The A Word) writing the series. World on Fire is a […]

Sean Bean plays Elusive Target #1 for Hitman 2

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and IO Interactive have released a new live action trailer that reveals that Sean Bean is the first Elusive Target for Hitman 2.  Well, he’s actually going to take on the role of Mark Faba, a former MI5 agent turned freelance assassin who needs to be hunted down.  Watch Sean in […]

New trailer for Clio Barnard’s Dark River starring Ruth Wilson

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A UK trailer has arrived online for the upcoming British drama Dark River. Directed by Clio Barnard, the film stars Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley, and Sean Bean; watch it below… Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns home to Yorkshire for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy of […]

Blu-ray Review – Ronin (1998)

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Ronin, 1998. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Sean Bean, Michael Lonsdale, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, and Skipp Sudduth. SYNOPSIS: A group of mercenaries are hired by Irish terrorists to retrieve a case to stop it falling into Russian hands. In case you didn’t know, ronin are Samurai warriors whose […]

Rumour: Sean Bean and Eva Green wanted for Wonder Woman roles

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With 2017’s Wonder Woman gearing up to go into production this autumn, rumour merchant El Mayimbe has thrown up a couple of casting rumours for the film, claiming that Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) and Eva Green (300: Rise of an Empire) are wanted for roles. Allegedly, Bean is in the frame to play Ares, […]

Katrina Law joins Sean Bean in The Oath

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Katrina Law (Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Arrow) is the latest to join The Oath, Crackle’s new series starring former Game of Thrones actor Sean Bean. The series comes from Hawaii Five-O creator Joe Haplin and also stars Ryan Kwanten (True Blood), Cory Hardrict (American Sniper) and Arlen Escarpeta (The Magicians). Law will portray Karen Beach, “a police officer, and the sole female […]

Countdown to Spectre – GoldenEye Review

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Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of GoldenEye… Between 1989 and 1995 the Bond franchise was in limbo due to a changed world. The Soviet Union had collapsed and the Berlin Wall came down, effectively ending the Cold War. Between those were legal troubles with MGM, owner of Bond distributor United […]